AKWAMUMAN SHS HOLDS SPEECH DAY (PAGE 20)

THE Akwamuman Senior High School (SHS) at Atimpoku in the Asuogyaman District of the Eastern Region has held its 36th speech and prize-giving day.
The event which was attended by a number of old students was used to reward a number of students and staff who distinguished themselves in various areas.
Addressing the students, the Managing Director of the New Times Corporation, Mr Kofi Asuman, called on students to use their time profitably and refrain from negative tendencies that could destroy their future careers.
This, he said, would enable them to be good and useful citizens to take up leadership positions in the country in future.
Mr Asuman stated that students should use their time profitably by cultivating reading habits, particularly in the library to acquire the necessary information that would prepare them for the future.
“If we aspire for a bright future as students, then we should endeavour to desist from bad habits such as pre-marital sex, occultism, smoking, drinking, cheating in examinations and stealing,” Mr Asuman stated.
To this end, he advised students to avail themselves of the enormous opportunities the school was providing so that they would be able to develop their intellectual, social and physical capabilities to achieve their ambitions.
“If you have knowledge but appear indisciplined, I doubt you will go far and you will encounter a lot of problems that will make you lose your job or land you in prison,” Mr Asuman emphasised.
For his part, the Headmaster of the school, Mr Felix Essah-Hienno, commended the students for exhibiting a high sense of discipline, which he noted, had transformed the school to become one of the most disciplined second-cycle educational institutions in the country.
He expressed his appreciation to the Volta River Authority for its assistance to the school over the years, and called for further collaboration with the old students to improve the infrastructure of the school by painting it, in preparation for its speech and prize-giving day next year.